Moving towards war- although most americans did not want to go to war they supported there allies, and hoped they had victory, however a series of events pushed the american neutrality and drew the nation into the. shortly after the war began the british declared a blockade of german ports and began intercepting neutral merchant ships forcing the ships to be inspected for contraband. This did not make the German very happy in february the 1915 the Germans announced they would sink any ship they found in the waters around britain. Germans announcement triggered out rage in the US and elsewhere.
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